The NSA and mass data collection and the overall technology was massively developed by the previous administration. Both sides do it, its the same evil done in different ways.
It is even more disheartening when you consider that this isn't even due to "moneyed interests", but rather is just fairly popular politics. It is more politically mainstream to be worried about terrorism than privacy protections. Arguably, (some of) the founders knew this would be the case, which is why they put the protections directly in the Bill of Rights. (In general, I think you can read the Bill of Rights as protecting important, but unpopular, rights.)
